The Foundry Offers a Free Non-Commercial MARI

A free and non-commercial MARI? You now have little excuse to finally learn MARI. The Foundry has added MARI to its list of free and non-commercial versions. You can now explore The Foundry’s high end texture painting application, learn it at your own pace, with the free and non-watermarked version, as it doesn’t expire.

Export texture resolution size is limited to 4K and 16-bit color per channel.

Export formats are limited to .psd, .png, .tga, .jpg and .jpeg.

Python scripting is disabled.

There is a limit of six UV texture patches per object, but unlimited channels and layers.

You can work with a maximum of five objects at once.

You can learn more about the feature differences and about valid and invalid uses of the Non-commercial MARI on the FAQ page. If you’re looking to evaluate the full commercial version, get the 15-day free trial.

The Foundry has a Learn MARI page that offers all kinds of tutorials aimed at beginners. There are also project-based tutorials based on texturing, for both visual effects and games artists, including some great tips and tricks.